Tech Firms Urge Congress to Support ICANN Transition

Major technology companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter are urging Congress to support a plan for the U.S. government to cede control of the internet's technical management to the global community, they said in a joint letter. The U.S. Commerce Department has primary oversight of the internet's management, largely because it was invented in the United States.

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